The Company and the Role:

Heidelberg Materials is seeking a Materials Trainee based in Edmonton & Villeneuve AB. The Materials Trainee will report to both the Aggregate and Ready Mix Area Manager. This Program provides you the opportunity of hands-on experience in operations across the region while learning all aspects of our business. This is achieved through the delivery of a development program combined with critical experiences and projects that are important to our business.

Heidelberg Materials provides the materials to build our future. Our future is sustainable. Our future is digital. And it goes way beyond cement, aggregates and ready-mixed concrete. Heidelberg Materials North America, previously known as Lehigh Hanson, operates more than 450 locations with approximately 9,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada.

Key Targets of the Role

The successful candidate will be immersed in a 24-month program designed to provide exposure, training, and hands-on experience in all aspects of the aggregates and concrete business including production, sales, maintenance, supervision, quality control and logistics.

What You’ll Get to Do

• Participate fully and actively in all assigned development activities

• Apply knowledge and work collaboratively on various team projects related to training and development

• Support the aggregate and concrete division in achieving production goals through partnering with experienced professionals and managers in different departments (safety, operations, human resources, environment, maintenance, quality control)

• Participate in daily and weekly production and maintenance meetings

• Learn basic supervisory skills by working side by side with experienced supervisors

• Responsible for reporting and tracking key performance indicators

Essential Experience and Skills

• Post-secondary education with solid academic achievement

• Post-secondary education in Mining, Geology, Engineering, or similar disciplines may be considered

• Must have a strong desire to work in a mining and Ready-mix manufacturing environment

• Strong communication skills and attention to detail

• Ability to be a self-starter and take initiative

• Ability to adapt to change and respond well under pressure

• Solid interpersonal and leadership skills

• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment

• Ideal candidate will have a strong desire to move into progressively more responsible roles and can relocate if required

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Prior Ready Mix or mining experience is a plus

Work Environment

Role operates primarily a manufacturing environment where the conditions include moving mechanical equipment, inclement weather, heat, humidity, and elevated noise levels.

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Req ID JR10003569

Minimum Pay Rate: 80.970,00

Maximum Pay Rate: 107.963,33